audiotool demo

( client: Hobnox AG )

A dual 3904 transistor fuzz, fairly typical circuit that gave a decent fuzz but not as cutting as I wanted, so I added a switchable 2x1N60 diode drain for more grit (red LED for grit, green LED for "grit off"). The knobs are from an old portable TV set.

Circuit design:

Dunlop Crybaby Wah, Cliff jack.

Danelectro Pastrami Overdrive, circuit board from bottom.

2knob type

MXR Dyna Comp, inside.

Here's the reverse side of a quick perfboard layout of the Vox repeat percussion tremolo pedal.

MXR Dyna Comp.

MXR Blue Box, bottom cover and serial number.

Ikea Brada laptop support repurposed as a pedalboard

Rogue VP-201 stereo volume

DIY Devi Ever Hyperion fuzz/distortion

Zoom RFX-300 multi-effects, usually set to plate reverb

Starcaster Chorus with switches for vibrato and extra depth

Danelectro Tuna Melt Tremolo, stock

Digitech PDS 20/20 Multiplay with trim pots for repeats and delay time mounted as external controls

Buy it here goo.gl/kejrdw

Video here youtu.be/cbWK5MznbdU

This is the bending blade, ground on a belt sander. The sharp blade "clings" to a scored or lasered line in the bending material, very high precision is actually possible.

Window of Hank's, 27 Denmark Street, London WC2.

Sony A7 + Carl Zeiss MM Distagon T* 28mm f2.8

MXR Carbon Copy, box.

E-H/Sovtek Small Stone, bottom of housing. No feet and battery compartment door missing (hole covered in Velcro).

Danelectro Pastrami Overdrive, circuit board from top.

Just added the Line6 Verbzilla. Reverb! Also changed out my volume pedal.

BJEF Dyna Red Distortionをベースに作られたオリジナルのディストーションペダル

TS9, component side of PCB. TA75558 chip, no green goop.

Front of the Schaller fuzz 'clone'. I just stuck with the simple design from the original Schaller when I painted this one, only th words are written in german i believe on the original?? Turned out good though, and you would think it turned it AWESOME if you HEARD it! :)

Looper fabricado para Daniel Plaza, de Concepción. Con éste pedal es posible conmutar entre 2 cadenas de efectos utilizando las salidas de Send A y B y reconectar con Return A y B respectivamente. Proporciona un control más ordenado en el setup evitando conmutar varios pedales para su funcionamiento a la elección del músico

Posee un led indicador de encendido principal y 2 leds pequeños que indican la cadena de efectos seleccionada.

The Staccato effect pedal in prototype stage.

Listen to samples:

narbotic.net/?p=136

Bending brake for bending stompbox enclosures. This design was based on materials I had available lying around. The channel steel is from an old fold up cot....

Ibanez AD-9.

Mais um fruto da parceria entre a F!RE e Augusto Cabrera, o pedal OVERDRIVE que leva sua assinatura é feito à mão na nossa CUSTOM SHOP com componentes selecionados um a um – como a chave 3PDT true bypass e o diodo de germânio – no nível dos melhores pedais “de boutique” do mundo. A sensação de tocar com o nosso OVERDRIVE é a de “plugar” a sua guitarra em um amplificador valvulado, dados a incrível dinâmica e o timbre que foi conseguido com muita dedicação da nossa equipe, a fim de respeitar a “personalidade” de cada guitarrista, guitarra e amplificador, indo de uma leve saturação a um Drive pesado e refinado.

AD-9 pots and wiring.

MXR Blue Box.

Close up shot of components.

E-H/Sovtek Small Stone, old broken and new replacement pots.

I hadn't actually tried the new amp with pedals until today. I was still getting used to how much I loved it all by itself.

Man, there is nothing like a Marshall Plexi (well, or facsimile thereof) as a stompbox platform.

That Skreddy Hybrid Fuzz Driver feels like it should be built into the head. It works with the existing tone extremely well.

BTW, yes I've been using the Power Scaling. Even set like this, the guitar will start to feed back as soon as I'm not muting the strings.

I've reached a point of comfort with the Zero Point flanger where I like to just leave it on. It's like a tiny little bit of modulation that makes me happy. I mean, I still step on it sometimes for a whoosh of flange-y-ness, but mostly I just leave it idling and screwing up the signal a little.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, I'm really thankful for the sound of this rig. I mean, there's not a lot to it, but it does pretty much everything I want to hear. Although I still need to find a wah that doesn't suck. I'm told those exist.

Vintage DOD Mini Chorus/460.

From Inside Home Recording episode #71, May 2009.

Bottom side of Phase 90 PCB.

E-H/Sovtek Small Stone, old pot wiring.

the battery clip had to be renewed

Hi Ever, just thought you might be interested that E13 effects graced the stage at CBGB before it closed. The False Prophets, my old band from the '80s, got back together to do a show there Sept. 21 (opening for the Jello Biafra-less "Dead Kennedys").

I wound up playing guitar instead of bass (thereby hangs a tale I'll spare you) and used a Dark Boost (in between a Telecaster and a Fender Blues Junior).

OK, it might be the most prosaic pedal you've ever made, but I like it a lot.

--Steve Wishnia

Yeah, it's fine to quote me on the Web site. I'm attaching a photo-I don't know how clear it is, but the yellow and black box in my left hand should look familiar.

I've got a few projects going now. The one I do most is a live soundtrack to slide show/spoken-word performances by artists Seth Tobocman and Mac McGill. (I recorded an album with Seth last year, but it never came out; I used the Dark Boost on some tracks on that too.) I've also got a semi-dormant garage-punk band called Gateria, am learning klezmer music, and am trying to put together something where I play bass-it's my main instrument. And I may end up playing guitar in a partially resurrected False Prophets.

I've spent enough money on gear, records, and travel for the rest of this year, but I probably could be tempted by more sonic toys-i'm probably going to be in Austin in January.

-Steve

Modified RAT 2 circuit. The working name for this modification is the "Nutria" mod. Prototyping still in progress.